D.A. Davidson & CO. Acquires 1,346 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

D.A. Davidson & CO. boosted its holdings in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 30.8% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 5,715 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 1,346 shares during the period. D.A. Davidson & CO.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $2,820,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 1.9% in the 2nd quarter. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC now owns 914 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $469,000 after purchasing an additional 17 shares during the period. YANKCOM Partnership grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 3.3% during the second quarter. YANKCOM Partnership now owns 537 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $275,000 after purchasing an additional 17 shares during the period. Manchester Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Synopsys by 5.3% in the second quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 340 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $174,000 after purchasing an additional 17 shares during the last quarter. Hemington Wealth Management lifted its stake in Synopsys by 10.1% in the second quarter. Hemington Wealth Management now owns 197 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $100,000 after buying an additional 18 shares during the period. Finally, Concord Asset Management LLC VA boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 0.8% during the second quarter. Concord Asset Management LLC VA now owns 2,379 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,220,000 after buying an additional 18 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Trading Down 1.0%

Shares of NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $514.49 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $98.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 64.39, a PEG ratio of 4.32 and a beta of 1.12. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $365.74 and a 12 month high of $651.73. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $443.64 and its 200 day simple moving average is $504.01. The company has a quick ratio of 1.52, a current ratio of 1.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.79 by $0.11. Synopsys had a return on equity of 7.89% and a net margin of 18.89%.The firm had revenue of $2.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $3.40 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.320-14.400 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.520-3.580 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total value of $1,685,035.89. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at $8,221,058.34. This trade represents a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $510.00, for a total transaction of $127,500.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 12,209 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,226,590. The trade was a 2.01% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 0.62% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have recently commented on SNPS shares. Zacks Research raised Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, November 10th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, December 13th. Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on shares of Synopsys from $510.00 to $550.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, December 12th. Finally, Mizuho lowered their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $700.00 to $600.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, September 11th. Eleven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Synopsys currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $562.13.

Synopsys Profile

Synopsys, Inc is a leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software and semiconductor intellectual property (IP) used to design, verify and manufacture integrated circuits and complex systems-on-chip (SoCs). Its product portfolio spans tools and technologies for front‑end design and synthesis, simulation and verification, physical implementation and signoff, and design-for-manufacturability, enabling chip designers to move from architecture through tape‑out.

In addition to core EDA offerings, Synopsys supplies a broad set of semiconductor IP building blocks — such as interface, memory and analog/mixed-signal cores — that customers integrate into SoCs to accelerate development.